Division One Reserve League Match, Manchester Utd Res vs. Benfica Res (Sun Oct 12)


                   Manchester Utd Res  |  Benfica Res
                          3-3-0-3-1 E  |  4-1-2-1-2 C
                          Dan Sellers  |  Matias Finkelstein
                                       |
                          B_Foster GK  |  GK Jorgensen
                            Ayalla DF  |  DF A_Carreras
                      T_Fredricson DF  |  DF Luisao
                       T_Weyermann DF  |  DF S_Gomez
                       V_Zelenskyy DM  |  DF L_Colwill
                         B_Pereira DM  |  DM Felicissimo
                       S_Eustaquio DM  |  MF J_Rego
                            Alonso AM  |  MF Florentino
                        I_Omamnabi AM  |  AM G_Prestianni
                        M_Zivkovic AM  |  FW J_Alvarez
                            A_Diaz FW  |  FW A_Schjelderup
                                       |
                       Mees_Bakker SUB |  SUB A_Trubin
                        X_Casteels SUB |  SUB T_Cooper
                           D_Batty SUB |  SUB Eefmamj_Jason
                        T_Fletcher SUB |  SUB Tom_Krauss
                        S_Santiago SUB |  SUB A_Di_Stefano

Referee: A_Colombo (Italy)


Min. 1  :(mnur) A_Diaz knocks the ball past the lunge of the defender
          ...  J_Alvarez stands his ground and wins the tackle
Min. 2  :(mnur) B_Pereira heads the ball back to I_Omamnabi
          ...  Felicissimo pulls on his shirt
          ...  He wins the ball
          ...  The defender got away with the foul there!
Min. 4  :(bfar) Felicissimo lays the ball back to A_Schjelderup
          ...  But V_Zelenskyy wins the tackle cleanly
Min. 5  :(mnur) M_Zivkovic steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs the defender
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  M_Zivkovic with the 40 yard drive !
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it wide
Min. 5  :(bfar) J_Rego runs forward
          ...  He nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind!
          ...  J_Rego tries to chip the ball over B_Foster!
          ...  It grazes the post!
          ...  And hits the side netting
          ...  Goal Kick!
Min. 9  :(bfar) Florentino looks injured. He's been stretchered off
          ...  He isn't going to continue
Min. 9  :(bfar) There's going to be a change
          ...  Tom_Krauss will come on for Florentino and play MF
Min. 10 :(mnur) B_Pereira looks up for support for support
          ...  He spots his team mate making a run now
          ...  He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now!
          ...  A_Diaz receives the pass and heads towards the goal
          ...  A_Diaz hits the ball first time!
          ...  He could have let that bounce
          ...  But Jorgensen smothers the ball.
Min. 11 :(bfar) Tom_Krauss with a flicked pass to G_Prestianni
          ...  G_Prestianni has time and space on the edge of the box!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  B_Foster makes a good save
Min. 14 :(bfar) Tom_Krauss is forced to retreat
          ...  Ohhhh no!!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He has put it into his own net!!
          ...  Manchester Utd Res 1-0 Benfica Res ...
Min. 15 :(bfar) Benfica Res restructured their strategy to A
Min. 15 :(mnur) T_Weyermann miskicks!
          ...  He finds A_Diaz though
          ...  That was fortunate
          ...  A_Diaz tries to place it in the corner !
          ...  Jorgensen gathers it easily
Min. 19 :(mnur) I_Omamnabi sidesteps Luisao
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  I_Omamnabi tries one from the edge of the box !
          ...  Jorgensen takes the ball off him
          ...  He was showing off there!
Min. 20 :(mnur) S_Eustaquio sprints down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball across to M_Zivkovic
          ...  M_Zivkovic fires off a right-footed shot !
          ...  But he puts it wide
          ...  How did he manage to miss that?
Min. 20 :(bfar) J_Alvarez turns past the defender
          ...  He has created space for himself now
          ...  J_Alvarez with the spectacular bicycle kick!
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Look at the delight on his face!
          ...  Just look at the delight!!
          ...  That s the equaliser!
          ...  Manchester Utd Res 1-1 Benfica Res ...
Min. 21 :(mnur) Alonso curls the ball out wide to I_Omamnabi
          ...  I_Omamnabi belts the ball towards goal!
          ...  It swerves a lot in the air
          ...  Jorgensen goes down well to save
Min. 21 :(bfar) G_Prestianni plays a quick one-two with his team mate
          ...  He looks around for options
          ...  He moves forward with the ball
          ...  G_Prestianni hits the ball first time!
          ...  But B_Foster punches it away
          ...  He commands his area so well
Min. 23 :(bfar) J_Rego runs with the ball to the corner flag
          ...  He plays the ball across to A_Carreras
          ...  A_Carreras drives the shot in!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  The manager is delighted with that one
          ...  Lets see if Benfica Res can hang onto that lead!
          ...  Manchester Utd Res 1-2 Benfica Res ...
Min. 24 :(bfar) It seems Benfica Res are making a tactical change to E
Min. 25 :(bfar) J_Rego looks around for some movement
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to A_Schjelderup
          ...  But Ayalla wins the ball
Min. 26 :(mnur) S_Eustaquio controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs A_Carreras
          ...  He puts in Alonso!
          ...  L_Colwill with a reckless challenge
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  He could be off here!
          ...  A_Colombo reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  I think he was lucky to escape with a caution!
Min. 28 :(bfar) G_Prestianni with a real burst of pace
          ...  He shows T_Fredricson a clean set of heals
          ...  M_Zivkovic scythes the player down.
          ...  Like Joey Barton would!
          ...  A_Colombo wants a word
          ...  It s just a warning
Min. 28 :(bfar) J_Rego slides it through the middle to A_Schjelderup
          ...  Ayalla reads the situation well and wins the ball
          ...  But it goes out
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Rego plays it into the danger area!
          ...  V_Zelenskyy gets up well
          ...  And he heads it clear
Min. 29 :(bfar) J_Rego looks up
          ...  He swings the ball right towards G_Prestianni
          ...  Blocked by Ayalla
Min. 33 :(mnur) A_Diaz beats Felicissimo
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  A_Diaz fires off a left-footed shot !
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it wide
Min. 35 :(bfar) Luisao is first to the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to J_Alvarez
          ...  J_Alvarez shoots towards goal !
          ...  It hits the post
          ...  But it hits off B_Foster's back!!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Very unlucky for !
          ...  But it's been disallowed.
          ...  Nobody knows why
          ...  The referee turns the players away
          ...  The fans chant "The referee's a wanker!!"
Min. 38 :(mnur) S_Eustaquio looks for options
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to B_Pereira
          ...  S_Gomez clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play
          ...  The linesman is flagging
          ...  Throw in
Min. 39 :(mnur) A_Diaz with the dribble
          ...  The defender is easily beaten
          ...  A_Diaz must beat Jorgensen!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He dives on the ground and his team mates follow him!!
          ...  It's all square now!
          ...  Manchester Utd Res 2-2 Benfica Res ...
Min. 39 :(bfar) Luisao gets to the by-line
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He plays the ball through to A_Schjelderup
          ...  A_Schjelderup has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He fires the ball goal ward!
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  B_Foster dives desperately to try and save it!!
          ...  He can't get to it!
          ...  But it creeps just wide!!
          ...  The deflection had B_Foster beaten!
Min. 40 :(mnur) Alonso lobs the ball over the defence
          ...  A_Diaz latches on to it
          ...  Luisao gathers up the loose ball
Min. 40 :(bfar) G_Prestianni with a burst of pace
          ...  G_Prestianni with the strike !
          ...  OOOOOOHHHHHHHH
          ...  It grazes the post and goes wide
Min. 41 :(mnur) Alonso pulls it back to S_Eustaquio
          ...  But Tom_Krauss wins the ball
Min. 42 :(mnur) Alonso beats his marker
          ...  That was a quick burst of pace to set him free
          ...  Alonso with a bicycle kick !
          ...  The fans get off there seats!
          ...  But it sails over !!
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(bfar) G_Prestianni gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past the defender!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  G_Prestianni tries to chip the ball over B_Foster!
          ...  But B_Foster punches it away
          ...  He took a knock there
          ...  His manager is looking on anxiously
          ...  He's ok to carry on
Min. 44 :(mnur) I_Omamnabi is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He throws it to A_Diaz
          ...  A_Diaz flicks the header toward the far post!
          ...  Jorgensen falls over
          ...  He recovers to tip it onto the post!
          ...  But it hits his back!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Unlucky!
          ...  The Manchester Utd Res fans start to taunt him now!
          ...  And Manchester Utd Res are leading in the game now
          ...  Manchester Utd Res 3-2 Benfica Res ...
Min. 44 :(bfar) The Benfica Res manager told his side to change to a A strategy
Min. 44 :(mnur) I_Omamnabi spits at A_Carreras
          ...  A_Colombo warns him

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Manchester Utd Res 3-2 Benfica Res

Min. 46 :(mnur) I_Omamnabi with a probing pass to S_Eustaquio
          ...  S_Eustaquio aims for the top right corner !
          ...  But Jorgensen tips it behind
          ...  A_Colombo has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 46 :(bfar) J_Rego takes possession of the ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to L_Colwill
          ...  L_Colwill with his head down lets it go !
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But flies wide of the post!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  G_Prestianni drives it into the box!
          ...  The danger is dealt with by Ayalla
Min. 48 :(mnur) X_Casteels replaces an unhappy T_Fredricson and will play as a DF
Min. 48 :(mnur) D_Batty is being brought on
          ...  S_Eustaquio is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play DM
Min. 48 :(mnur) D_Batty sidesteps Luisao
          ...  D_Batty with a scorcher of a shot !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  What a cheeky finish!
          ...  Manchester Utd Res 4-2 Benfica Res ...
Min. 50 :(bfar) A_Di_Stefano is being prepared to come on
          ...  J_Alvarez is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play FW
Min. 50 :(bfar) G_Prestianni controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball out to the left!
          ...  S_Gomez gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  T_Weyermann is late with that one
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  A_Colombo reaches to his pocket!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 51 :(bfar) G_Prestianni with an in swinging cross to Tom_Krauss
          ...  B_Pereira slides in to knock the ball out for a throw-in
Min. 53 :(mnur) I_Omamnabi with a first time pass
          ...  T_Weyermann runs onto it!
          ...  Fine tackle by Luisao
          ...  But he can't prevent the corner
Min. 53 :(bfar) S_Gomez slides it through the middle to A_Carreras
          ...  A_Carreras is in acres of space!
          ...  He looked offside to me
          ...  He tries to round B_Foster
          ...  He slips it underneath B_Foster
          ...  He hits it towards goal!
          ...  GOAL!!
          ...  Manchester Utd Res 4-3 Benfica Res ...
Min. 54 :(mnur) S_Santiago is coming on for A_Diaz and will play FW
Min. 54 :(mnur) There's going to be a change
          ...  T_Fletcher will come on for M_Zivkovic and play AM
Min. 55 :(bfar) T_Cooper takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace S_Gomez
          ...  He'll play as a DF
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 56 :(mnur) I_Omamnabi takes advantage of a mistake by T_Cooper
          ...  I_Omamnabi drives it low !
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  Jorgensen moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Jorgensen looks dejected!
          ...  Manchester Utd Res 5-3 Benfica Res ...
Min. 58 :(mnur) Alonso sidesteps L_Colwill
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  Alonso leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!!!
          ...  He hits the sponsor hoarding with that effort
Min. 58 :(bfar) Tom_Krauss has the ball on the wing
          ...  He takes it past T_Weyermann
          ...  He knocks it to A_Di_Stefano!
          ...  D_Batty with a perfectly timed tackle
Min. 59 :(mnur) T_Fletcher jumps over Luisao's challenge
          ...  T_Fletcher with a bicycle kick !
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  Jorgensen moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  Jorgensen tips it wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_Batty plays it into the danger area!
          ...  Jorgensen fists it away!
Min. 59 :(bfar) A_Schjelderup cuts inside T_Weyermann
          ...  He worked that well
          ...  Ayalla wins it well
          ...  Perfectly timed!
Min. 60 :(bfar) Eefmamj_Jason will replace the useless Felicissimo and will play MF
Min. 60 :(mnur) I_Omamnabi could get a shot on goal here
          ...  Luisao goes in with the block tackle
          ...  He comes out of it with the ball
          ...  Great tackle!
Min. 61 :(mnur) I_Omamnabi knocks it past A_Di_Stefano and runs onto it
          ...  He leaves the defender standing
          ...  A left-footer by I_Omamnabi !
          ...  What agility from Jorgensen
Min. 62 :(mnur) D_Batty changes direction inside
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to S_Santiago
          ...  But T_Cooper sees the pass and cuts it out
Min. 65 :(mnur) T_Fletcher back heels to find I_Omamnabi in space
          ...  I_Omamnabi with a bomb of a shot !
          ...  Jorgensen gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  Fantastic save by Jorgensen to tip it wide!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_Batty lofts the ball in!
          ...  T_Cooper gets up well
          ...  And he heads it clear
Min. 65 :(bfar) A_Di_Stefano sidesteps Ayalla
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  A_Di_Stefano tries one from the edge of the box !
          ...  But B_Foster reaches the ball. Good save
          ...  There was a foul on B_Foster anyway
Min. 71 :(mnur) I_Omamnabi cuts inside L_Colwill
          ...  He worked that well
          ...  But T_Cooper wins the tackle cleanly
Min. 73 :(bfar) A_Schjelderup with the dribble
          ...  This is a great chance
          ...  S_Santiago with a deliberate foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll have to watch himself now
          ...  INDIRECT FREE KICK!
          ...  L_Colwill passes to A_Di_Stefano
          ...  A_Di_Stefano drives it towards goal !
          ...  B_Foster falls over
          ...  He recovers to tip it onto the post!
          ...  But it hits his back!
          ...  And goes wide!!
          ...  B_Foster looks relieved!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Tom_Krauss floats the ball in!
          ...  A_Di_Stefano gets to it!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He starts to run the full length of the pitch!
          ...  Manchester Utd Res 5-4 Benfica Res ...
Min. 75 :(mnur) I_Omamnabi unselfishly heads the ball back to B_Pereira
          ...  B_Pereira with a blistering shot !
          ...  But the ball goes harmlessly wide
Min. 76 :(mnur) The ball goes loose!
          ...  Alonso gains possesion and thinks about the shot
          ...  A_Schjelderup with a bad challenge
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  It's a yellow, and rightly so
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 78 :(mnur) I_Omamnabi hoofs it up field to find T_Fletcher
          ...  T_Fletcher drives the shot in!
          ...  Terrific shot
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide
          ...  That's unlucky!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  B_Pereira chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  It goes straight into the arms of Jorgensen
Min. 78 :(bfar) Luisao plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  A_Schjelderup decides to go for goal instead!
          ...  But Ayalla slides in two footed.
          ...  A_Colombo has a look but waves "Play On!"
Min. 81 :(mnur) I_Omamnabi looks up
          ...  He swings the ball right towards T_Fletcher
          ...  T_Fletcher lobs Jorgensen!
          ...  But Jorgensen tips it behind
          ...  A_Colombo has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 81 :(bfar) J_Rego kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  A_Di_Stefano gets on the end of the pass
          ...  A_Di_Stefano blasts it at the goal !
          ...  B_Foster just watches it drift out of play!
Min. 82 :(bfar) J_Rego has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past X_Casteels
          ...  He puts in A_Schjelderup!
          ...  A_Schjelderup gets up high for the header !
          ...  B_Foster with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 84 :(bfar) J_Rego bursts into the box and cuts the ball back to A_Schjelderup
          ...  Ayalla goes in with the block tackle
          ...  He comes out of it with the ball
          ...  Great tackle!
Min. 86 :(bfar) G_Prestianni finds A_Di_Stefano in acres of space
          ...  D_Batty reads the game well and cuts out the pass!
Min. 87 :(mnur) I_Omamnabi nutmegs Luisao
          ...  Luisao goes in hard to win the ball back
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 91 :(mnur) T_Fletcher runs down the wing
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space!
          ...  He cuts the ball back
          ...  Alonso latches onto the pass
          ...  He carves out some space
          ...  The ball hits Luisao in the face!
          ...  And goes clear!
Min. 91 :(mnur) Ayalla runs at the defence
          ...  He nutmegs the defender
          ...  He showed his class there
          ...  J_Rego with an ugly foul
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  Alonso swings it in
          ...  I_Omamnabi takes control of it!
          ...  I_Omamnabi lobs B_Foster!
          ...  But Jorgensen palms it behind
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_Batty plays it into the danger area!
          ...  The ball comes to T_Fletcher
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  Looks like it should be Jorgensen's
          ...  Oh he's let it go through his legs
          ...  But drifts inches wide !!
          ...  Jorgensen looks embarrassed!
          ...  He was relieved to see it go wide!
          ...  Goal kick given, amazing decision there!

*************  FULL TIME  ****************



Match Details
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Venue                : Old Trafford
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Manchester Utd Res Match Info
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Best player          : I_Omamnabi (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Tom_Krauss (14 og), A_Diaz (39,44), D_Batty (48), I_Omamnabi (56)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : T_Weyermann (50), S_Santiago (73)
Injured              : N/A
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Benfica Res Match Info
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Best player          : J_Rego
Scorers              : J_Alvarez (20), A_Carreras (23,53), A_Di_Stefano (73)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : L_Colwill (26), A_Schjelderup (76)
Injured              : Florentino (9)
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Match Statistics
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                       Manchester Utd Res |   Benfica Res
Attempts on Goal     :          22        |       16
Off target           :           8        |       5
On target            :          14        |       11
Possession           :          54        |       46
Corners              :           4        |       3
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           2        |       2
Subs Used            :           4        |       4
Fouls                :           5        |       9
Key Tackles          :          10        |       11
Key Passes           :          18        |       18
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Final Score          : Manchester Utd Res 5 - 4 Benfica Res
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Player Statistics - Manchester Utd Res
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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B_Foster       GK  27   2   3   1  31 |  93   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0   0
Ayalla         DF   2  26   5   1  31 |  93   0   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 175   0   0
T_Fredricson   DF   2  25   2   1  42 |  49   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20  20
T_Weyermann    DF   1  20   6   4  28 |  93   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  13  -2
V_Zelenskyy    DM   2  24   8   6  38 |  93   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  70  20  20
B_Pereira      DM   2  23  10   4  20 |  93   0   1   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  25  30   0
S_Eustaquio    DM   1  10  26  18  22 |  49   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  45   5
Alonso         AM   1   8  25  15  27 |  93   0   0   3   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  45   0
I_Omamnabi     AM   2   1  24  18  29 |  93   0   0   6   1   6   1   0   0   0   0 110  50
M_Zivkovic     AM   2   5   4  20  33 |  55   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Diaz         FW   2   2   7  26  28 |  55   0   0   0   0   5   2   0   0   0   0   0  60
Mees_Bakker    GK  24   2   3   4  28 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
X_Casteels     DF   1  23   1   5  24 |  44   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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